Big sunspot AR1520 unleashed an X1.4-class solar flare on July 12th at 1653 UT. Because the sunspot was directly facing Earth at the time of
the blast, this is a geoeffective event. Stay tuned for updates about possible CMEs and radio blackouts.

Not quite sure what they mean about 'geoeffective ' but I'm guessing it could have some impact on Earth.

Big sunspot AR1520 unleashed an X1.4-class solar flare on July 12th at 1653 UT. Because the sunspot was directly facing Earth at the time of
the blast, this is a geoeffective event. Stay tuned for updates about possible CMEs and radio blackouts.

Not quite sure what they mean about 'geoeffective ' but I'm guessing it could have some impact on Earth.

X-FLARE! Big sunspot AR1520 unleashed an X1.4-class solar flare on July 12th at 1653 UT. Because the sunspot was directly facing Earth at the time
of the blast, this is a geoeffective event. Stay tuned for updates about possible CMEs and radio blackouts.

The UV and X-ray pulse from the flare will have ionized Earth's upper atmosphere on the dayside of our planet, disturbing the normal propagation
of radio signals, especially at low frequencies.

Originally posted by MastaShake
Our sun cant produce flares that would wipe our planet out, it can however cause massive blackouts and such. an x1.2 isnt anything to worry about tho
unless you got a satellite up in orbit

I think you might be wrong there. Today Mars has no atmosphere, it seems to have had one in the past and some scientists say that it could have lost
its atmosphere due to a large solar flare. Also Mars used to have a strong magnetic field much like Earth's. Maybe it was a combination of a failing
magnetic field and a strong solar flare which caused its destruction. Earth's magnetic field is currently weakening and is significantly weaker than
it was even 100 years ago.

This current X flare wont cause us to loose our atmosphere though, but a stronger flare and more direct hit could.

Verify? I haven't looked at the sun lately but yes it is all over the internet from various news outlets. Most of them are downplaying it as a
relatively low risk. They claim it's fairly modest in comparison to what is possible, which is a bit scary.

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